Cookie Monster

Zara & I baked cookies together last Monday at 12 midnight. I know she should be in bed, but she insisted on staying so she could help tasting the cookies. Well, i do need a cookie tester, so i allowed her to accompany me.

First batch in the oven

So excited, she just stayed in front of the oven for a good 10 minutes

Almost done

Done! we manage to get a full jar of cookies together!

As of today, the jar is half full. I have to bake some more for Raya cookies.

Durian Season

After some time, we went back to DH's kampung because it has been a durian season for the past 2 weeks. DH decided to go back before Ramadhan. We brought the kids along..to show how durian tree looks like. LOL!

Zara helped Wan (Grandma) carried a durian:

With a smiling face...budak rajin :

Khaleef didn't want to feel left out, he helped too, and i'm not sure why Zara is dancing in front of the durians. Perhaps she 's cheering for Khaleef :

DH said "Ni lah dia, budak bandar sekali sekala balik kampung and excited tgk durian.." :

Despite Wan's warning not to sit too close, Zara still sits even closer watching interestingly as Wan opens up the durian :

Conclusion :

Zara & Khaleef had a great time at DH's kampung inspite of getting lots of big mosquito bites.

Zara, Khaleef and DH didn't eat durian. 

Me? 2012 marks the year i ate durian a LOT till headache. Dunno what came over me, i didn't ate durian for almost 5 years. But, one sure thing Durian at DH's kampung is the best-thick filling, sweet, creamy and bitter. I prefer a bitter-sweet durian over the sweet one.

Zara & Malay Telemovie

I believed some of you do watch malay telemovie right? kan? kan?
I do.
I happened to watch this telemovie 'Berpaling dari Jannahmu' at ASTRO, at my parents house.
By the way, my mom's the one switching on to that telemovie because of Ogy Ahmad Daud (Mom), Nasir Bilal Khan (Dad) and Mia Sara (Daughter) is on the screen.
Zara also joined in to watch the movie.


Synopsis:  Mom & Dad were married for 10 yrs without child. One nite mom cried during her prayers begging for a child - she'll do absolute everything and anything to take care of the child. So, eventually, she got pregnant and delivered a baby girl. The girl is mia sara. The telemovie fast forwarded to went the daughter is 4 yo (the ever energized full of curiosity and experimenting age). The mom is a neat freak, so she will lost her temper whenever the daughter messed up the house. So, to cut the story short..her mom really lost her temper one day, grabbed her daughter's head in anger while venting her anger. The daughter was scared..she ran out from the house and got hit by a car in front of the house. The daughter died. Mom went crazy.


I am touched by the story...not really because the girl got hit by a car.
But, i was shocked...when Zara looked at me, with glassy eyes when the girl got hit by a car and the mother cried out loud hugging her daughter's body.
I wonder whether, she understands what had happened? but, i doubt it because she didn't cry.
I waited and checked if she's disturbed by the story, but she continued to watch until advertisement.
So, during advertisement, i got up and went to the room to pray.
Suddenly, i heard her crying aloud. My mom got out from her room and was confused as to why Zara cried.

I guess i knew why she cried, i quickly went to her and asked her, why is she crying? she hugged me while crying and said.."dak tu..jatuh....langgar...kete".
OMG!! it hit me at that time...she could understand!!!
It took me 10 minutes to calm her down.
Eventhough, my  mom's the one switching the programme from DJNR to that telemovie, but ends up Zara & me watching it, because my mom went in to sleep. That's the answer to why my mom was confused.

Perhaps...i shouldn't let her watch that movie.
Pity her having to deal with such emotion at a tender age.
I told her it was just a movie, but..it might happened to anyone..if one ran out from the house without assistance &without looking if there's a car coming before crossing. *i guess...she's touched by the movie because she has the habit of running out from the gate, and i would be screaming like a crazy woman and running after her.
At least, I hope, she knew and remember..why her mom act all crazy shouting after her, when she zoomed out of the gate house like that.

P/S: I am not going to let Zara watch that kind of malay telemovie after this.